Elsie Mae Kermmoade

Elsie Mae Kermmoade obituary, Bloomington, IN

Elsie Mae Kermmoade

Elsie Kermmoade Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Allen Funeral Home and Crematory on Jun. 21, 2025.

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Elsie Mae Kermmoade, age 87, entered Heaven's gates singing on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Hearthstone Health Campus in Bloomington, Indiana. She was born in Gilbert, Arizona on May 27, 1938, to Roy and Juanita Ballard.
Elsie spent over 50 years as an ordained minister for the Salvation Army and the Pentecostal Church of God.
She is survived by her children, Rick (Char) Kermmoade and LaVonne (Jim) Brainerd; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren; and her sisters, Wanda Weatherman, Darlene Girdner, Claudie Roberts, and Donna Wilson. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Juanita Ballard; her husband, Dale Kermmoade; siblings, Louise Smith, Glenda Hampton, and Bud Ballard; children, Dale Rotschafer, John Rotschafer, and Ellen Fochtman; and grandson, Ben Rotschafer.
No local service will be held, but a memorial gathering will be held in California at a later date.
--"Not perfect, just forgiven."

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